1967 CFL season

Summary

The 1967 CFL season was the tenth Canadian Football League season, and the 14th season in modern-day Canadian football.

1967 CFL season
DurationJune – October, 1967
East championsHamilton Tiger-Cats
West championsSaskatchewan Roughriders
55th Grey Cup
DateDecember 2, 1958
VenueLansdowne Park, Ottawa
ChampionsHamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL seasons
← 1966
1968 →
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Canadian Football League team locations: West, East

CFL news in 1967 edit

The offices of the CFL was set up at 11 King Street, inside the Montreal Trust Building in Toronto, with Senator Keith Davey as CFL Commissioner. Later on, Davey was succeeded on Thursday, February 23 by Ted Workman and then later, Allan McEachern.

The Committee on One League (COO) made recommendations to bring operating matters to be under the control of the league; it was later approved by the Board of Governors.

The Canadian Rugby Union changed their name to Canadian Amateur Football Association (now Football Canada) on Sunday, January 1 and turned over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL.

In addition, the CFL set up and establishes the Players' Pension Fund.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats wore special helmets to commemorate Canada's Centennial as the country turned 100 years old.

Regular season standings edit

Final regular season standings edit

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 382 219 24
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 12 4 0 346 282 24
Edmonton Eskimos 16 9 6 1 266 246 19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 12 0 212 414 8
BC Lions 16 3 12 1 239 319 7
Eastern Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 10 4 0 250 195 20
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 9 4 1 337 209 19
Toronto Argonauts 14 5 8 1 252 266 11
Montreal Alouettes 14 2 12 0 166 302 4
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Calgary and Hamilton have first round byes.

Grey Cup playoffs edit

Note: All dates in 1967

Conference Semi-Finals edit

Western Semi-Finals
Edmonton Eskimos @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
Date Away Home
November 11 Edmonton Eskimos 5 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21
Eastern Semi-Finals
Toronto Argonauts @ Ottawa Rough Riders
Date Away Home
November 12 Toronto Argonauts 22 Ottawa Rough Riders 38

Conference Finals edit

Western Finals
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders
Game Date Away Home
1 November 18 Saskatchewan Roughriders 11 Calgary Stampeders 15
2 November 22 Calgary Stampeders 9 Saskatchewan Roughriders 11
3 November 26 Saskatchewan Roughriders 17 Calgary Stampeders 13
Saskatchewan wins the best of three series 2–1
Eastern Finals
Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Ottawa Rough Riders
Game Date Away Home
1 November 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 11 Ottawa Rough Riders 3
2 November 25 Ottawa Rough Riders 0 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26
Hamilton won 2 game total-point series 37–3

Playoff bracket edit

Division Semifinals Division Finals 55th Grey Cup
         
E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37
(11+26)
East
E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 3
(3+0)
E2 Ottawa Rough Riders 38
E3 Toronto Argonauts 22
E1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1
W1 Calgary Stampeders 1
(15,9,13)
West
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 2
(11,11,17)
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21
W3 Edmonton Eskimos 5

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Grey Cup Championship edit

December 2

55th Annual Grey Cup Game: Lansdowne ParkOttawa, Ontario

Western Champion Eastern Champion
Saskatchewan Roughriders 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the 1967 Grey Cup Champions

CFL Leaders edit

1967 CFL All-Stars edit

Offence edit

Defence edit

1967 Eastern All-Stars edit

Offence edit

Defence edit

1967 Western All-Stars edit

Offence edit

Defence edit

1967 CFL Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1967".
  2. ^ "CFLapedia".